complete mess

collocation in English

meaningsofcompleteandmess

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complete
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpliːt/us
/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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mess
noun
uk
/mes/us
/mes/
Mess or a mess is something or someone that looks dirty ...
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(Definition ofcompleteandmessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplete mess

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It is acompletemess.
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This is acompletemess.
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It has been acompletemess.
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That was acompletemess-up.
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The whole business is acompletemess.
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In truth, they are in acompletemess.
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They have made acompletemessof the whole thing.
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The law is acompletemessand wholly unsatisfactory.
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The present law is in acompletemess.
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In fact, the bus industry was acompletemess.
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They have made acompletemessof it.
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It has made acompletemessof the original legislation.
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He thus made acompletemessof it from start to finish.
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There is no doubt that rent fixing in this country is in acompletemess.
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Is not the whole set-up acompletemessunder his control?
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Of course, we inherited a system that was acompletemess.
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That is thecompletemessbrought about by the current constitutional arrangement.
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That is acompletemess-up on the part of the management.
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Unless professional people are engaged, that involves acompletemessin practice.
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The point has been clearly made before that incentives to savings are in acompletemess.
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They have got their education policy, both at schools and universities, into acompletemess.
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The first regulations in 1980 were acompletemess, but the 1982 revisions were better.
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The basis on which the money is spent seems to be in acompletemess.
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What we now see clearly is that they made acompletemessof fixing the dates.
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They left us with acompletemessand were contemptuous of older people.
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